sweetie

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sweet·ie

(swē′tē)

n. Informal

Sweetheart; dear.

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sweetie

(ˈswiːtɪ)

1. sweetheart; darling: used as a term of endearment

2. (Cookery) Brit another word for sweet²⁰

3. chiefly Brit an endearing person

4. (Cookery) a large seedless variety of grapefruit which has a green to yellow rind and juicy sweet pulp

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

sweet•ie

(ˈswi ti)

n.

Also, sweet′ie pie`. Informal. sweetheart; dear.

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Noun

sweetie - a person loved by another person

steady, sweetheart, truelove

lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

dulcinea, ladylove - a woman who is a man's sweetheart

sugar daddy - a wealthy older man who gives a young person expensive gifts in return for friendship or intimacy

valentine - a sweetheart chosen to receive a greeting on Saint Valentine's Day; "will you be my valentine?"

sweetie

noun

Informal. A person who is much loved:

beloved, darling, dear, honey, love, minion, precious, sweet, sweetheart, truelove.

Idiom: light of one's life.

Translations

Bonbon

caro dolce

симпатяга

sweetie

[ˈswiːtɪ] N

1. (also sweetie-pie) he's/she's a sweetie → es un cielo
yes, sweetie → si, cielo

2. (esp Scot) (= sweet) [of any sort] → golosina f; (= boiled sweet, toffee) → caramelo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sweetie

[ˈswiːti] n

(form of address) (= dearie) → mon chou m

(= kind person) → chou m
He's such a sweetie → C'est vraiment un chou.

(British) (= candy) → bonbon m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sweetie

(inf: also sweetie-pie) yes, sweetie → ja, Schatzi (inf) → or Süße(r); she’s/he’s a sweetie → sie/er ist ein Engel or ist süß (inf)

(Brit baby-talk: = candy) → Bonbon m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sweetie

[ˈswiːtɪ] n (fam) (toffee) → caramella; (person) → tesoro

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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"I heard you say you liked chocolate sweeties, so I got you some," he said.

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Archie and Charlie, evidently great cronies, were pacing up and down, shoulder to shoulder, whistling "Bonnie Dundee"; Mac was reading in a corner, with his book close to his near-sighted eyes; Dandy was arranging his hair before the oval glass in the hat-stand; Geordie and Will investigating the internal economy of the moon-faced clock; and Jamie lay kicking up his heels on the mat at the foot of the stairs, bent on demanding his sweeties the instant Rose appeared.

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